“No one in Washington had apparently been considering Nehru’s visit as anything but one of courtesy.” After all, President Harry S. Truman found the then 59-year-old Prime Minister “irritating.” India was not important. It was, according to Truman, a nation more associated with people sitting on “hot coals” and found “bathing in the Ganges.”
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“Reality is whatever you identify with.”
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“The stone will melt in tears Because I can’t remain closed to you forever. I can’t escape without being conquered. From the blue sky an eye will gaze down To summon me in silence. I will receive death utterly at your feet.”
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